HOLMES ANNIVERSARY VOLUME 



merciless which causes the calamity to befall a person. Moreover, it 

 has thus stricken thy person, this one [indicating], my offspring, thou 

 noble one, this one, thou whom I have been wont to hold in my bosom. 

 And truly, moreover, has not a most distressful thing befallen thy 

 person? Now, at this very time, within thy body and also within thy 

 mind, there is a continual wrenching and twisting. Now, nothing can 

 be known of what is taking place within thy body. The thing that 

 has befallen thy person is so direful that even now there are many 

 yellow gall spots within it. And furthermore, our grandsires who have 

 passed away made an ordinance when they said: 'Let us join together 

 our affairs, and so let us ordain that the thing which we shall designate 

 by the name of 'the soothing potion' (i.e., venison broth) shall be the 

 dominant thing (in this matter).' 



"And that in whatsoever place it may be that a direful thing may 

 befall a person, it shall then be the duty of him whose mind is not so 

 afflicted to make use of 'the soothing potion', and by taking up 'the 

 soothing potion' he shall pour it into the throat of him upon whose 

 person the calamity has fallen. And (it shall be) that when this 

 'soothing potion' shall have reached the inside of his body, it will 

 work there, reorganizing all the many things which have become dis- 

 arranged and disordered in his body and in his mind, and it will 

 remove utterly all the yellow gall spots from his throat and from 

 the inside of his body, (I say). 



"Now, furthermore, do thou know it, this one [indicating], my 

 offspring, thou noble one, thou whom I have been wont to hold in 

 my bosom, that, now, the Three Brothers have perfected their prepa- 

 rations, and that now, verily, they take up the 'soothing potion' 

 [venison broth], and now, furthermore, let them say it, 'We now pour 

 the 'soothing potion' down thy throat; and that when it shall have 

 reached fully the inside parts of thy body, it will come to pass that it 

 will there take action, reorganizing, rearranging all the many things 

 which are disordered within thy body and also in thy mind; and then 

 all will be at ease, and also all the yellow spots will be removed there- 

 from, and then, moreover, all things pertaining to thy life will be in 

 perfect order,' (I say). 



"Thus, moreover, let it be that for one poor short day thou mayst 

 think in peace, this one [indicating], my offspring, thou noble one, thou 

 whom I have been wont to hold in my bosom, (I say). 



"In this manner, then, it may be, let them do it, the Three 

 Brothers, so denominated ever since they were in the prime growth 

 of their affairs [career], (I say). 



"Now, moreover, do thou know it, thou noble one, my offspring, 



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